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雅思（阅读）模拟试卷113(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1.ReadingModule

ReadingModule(60minutes)

Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions1-14whicharebasedon

ReadingPassage1below.FootPedalIrrigationAUntilnow,governmentsand

developmentagencieshavetriedtotackletheproblemthroughlarge-scaleprojects:

giganticdams,sprawlingirrigationcanalsandvastnewfieldsofhigh-yieldcrops

introducedduringtheGreenRevolution,thefamouscampaigntoincreasegrain

harvestsindevelopingnations.Traditionalirrigation,however,hasdegradedthesoil

inmanyareas,andthereservoirsbehinddamscanquicklyfillupwithsilt,reducing

theirstoragecapacityanddeprivingdownstreamfarmersoffertilesediments.

Furthermore,althoughtheGreenRevolutionhasgreatlyexpandedworldwidefarm

productionsince1950,povertystubbornlypersistsinAfrica,AsiaandLatinAmerica.

Continuedimprovementsintheproductivityoflargefarmsmayplaythemainrolein

boostingfoodsupply,butlocaleffortstoprovidecheap,individualirrigationsystems

tosmallfarmsmayofferabetterwaytoliftpeopleoutofpoverty.BTheGreen

Revolutionwasdesignedtoincreasetheoverallfoodsupply,nottoraisetheincomes

oftheruralpoor,soitshouldbenosurprisethatitdidnoteradicatepovertyorhunger.

India,forexample,hasbeenself-sufficientinfoodfor15years,anditsgranariesare

full,butmorethan200millionIndians—onefifthofthecountry’spopulation—

aremalnourishedbecausetheycannotaffordthefoodt